Logging and illegal timber threaten Cameroon's forestsCEFR A1
16 Dec 2025
Adapted from Jean Sovon, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Angelo Casto, Unsplash
- Cameroon has large forests across the country.
- These forests store carbon and have many species.
- The forests face pressure from legal and illegal logging.
- People also cut land for farming and roads.
- Wood is sold and sent to other countries.
- Some shipments move across borders secretly.
- This hurts animals and local communities.
- The government loses a lot of money.
- It is hard to stop the illegal logging.
- Local people complain about loss of land.
Difficult words
- carbon — a chemical element in air and living things
- species — a group of similar animals or plants
- illegal — not allowed according to the law
- logging — cutting trees to get wood
- shipment — a group of goods sent to another placeshipments
- border — the line between two countriesborders
- community — a group of people living in one placelocal communities
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Discussion questions
- Do you like forests?
- Do you live near a forest?
- What do people use wood for in your country?
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